Match-box holder.



I 1. GOOD.

MATCH BOX HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED MAREZQ. 191s. RENEWED my 2,1918.

1,285,126. Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

JoHiv sooner BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MATCH-BOX HOLDER.

Application filed Mareh'29, 1915, Serial No. 17,717. Renewed May To; allwlwm it may-concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN G001), a citizen ofthe United States, residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State of New York,

have invented the following-described Improvements in Match-Box Holders.

The improvements concern the convenience of use and manufacture of match-box holders or match-box trays, being more particularly directed to the construction :of such a device capable of being manufactured economically which holds the boxes firmly while at the same time being constructed so as to facilitate their insertion and removal.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a side elevation, with parts in section, of one from of the improved holder with a match-box thereon;

Fig. 2 is a top plan of such holder;

Fig. 3 a partial section on line III- TH of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 represents a sectional detail of the box brackety Figs. 5 and 6 represent a modified construction-Fig. 5 being a fragmentary sectional side elevation, and Fig. 6 a similar elevation at a different angle; and Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional side elevation of a further modification.

In the various figures the numeral 1 represents the base or tray which is illustrated in the present case as formed of sheet metal with an upstanding boss 2 at its center. The form of the base may be varied as desired, and it is not material whether it be constituted simply as an ornamental base or as a tray or as the part of some other receptacle, and it is not of consequence to the invention whether it be made of sheet metal, as indicated, or otherwise.

The upper face of the boss 2 is fiat, and to it is secured the bracket 3 which consists of a strip of spring metal of a width slightly less than the inside depth of the cover of an ordinary safety match-box. One end of this stripv is secured by solder, spot-welding or otherwise, to the flat top of the boss 2 as indicated at 4, and the rest of the strip is bent substantially as shown in Fig. 1 so that the cover'of' the matchbox can be placed over it. The extreme end 5 of the bracket strip serves as a thumbiece by which the opposite sides 6 and of the bracket canbe pressed together to allow the cover to be slipped in place thereover,re-

Specification of Letters Patent.

out of-light sheet metal, and

Patented Nov. 19, 1918, 2, 1918. Serial No. 232,158.

lease of the thumb-piece permitting the side members 6 and 7 to expand against the inside of the cover,

tion. If desired, a series of barbs, or prongs 8 may be formed on the cover engaging faces, of the side-member ,6 to increase the security withwhich the cover is held, but these a'renot ordinarily-necessary where the spring strip is of suiiicient resilience to exert an adequate pressure upon the box cover. It will be understood that the match-box illustrated in the drawings is the well'known common safety match-box consisting of the hollow rectangular sliding cover as shown at 9, having prepared surfaces 10 on its narrow sides upon which to strike the match, with a box-body 11 therein which may rest upon or against the box-bracket 3 as shown in the drawings, exposing the upper ends of the matches. commonly broken oif as indicated. The bracket holds the box to the base or tray at an inclination, s that the box appears to be resting on one corner with one of its prepared sides exposed upwardly and at an angle of about 45 degrees from vertical. In this position the pressure of a match scratched upon such surface will result principally in a downward pressure component in the tray, creating a frictional effeet between the bottom of the tray and the surface on which it rests, which will prevent lateral, movement of the tray thereon, as well as any tendency for the device to tip over. The necessity of making the tray as a heavy casting or of loading it with lead or of facing the bottom of it with felt or rubber, as is commonly done, is thus entirely eliminated.

In the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the box-bracket is formed with a terminal spring clip 14 by which it can be snapped into a suitable slot in the face of the boss 2, being thus held firmly in position thereon. By compressing the spring clip the bracket can be removed from the tray. The side memher 6 of the bracket is reversely bent so as to occupy a position within the box cover, the thumb-piece 5 being thus brought to a position entirely concealed by the box cover.

In Fig. 7 the box bracket is permanently secured to the base, and the thumb-piece 5 is brought downwardly, and projected through an aperture in the boss 2 so as to be accessible from the lower side of the tray. Thereby the entire bracket is substanholding itfirmly in posi The end of the box-body istially concealed from View Within the box cover.

In all of the forms above described the box is securely and tray or base, with the matches therein suificierrtly exposed to permit their ready removal, as will be evident and since the device consists of but two pieces and can obviously be made at a minimum of cost, it is therefore serviceable for advertising purposes.

Haying described the invention, 1 claim the following:

1. A holder ing a prepared striking surface on one face, consisting of a base or support, and an eX- pandingbox-bracketthereon having a thumb iece for contracting it.

2. A holder for safety match-boxes of the Copies of this netent may be removably held to the e for safety match-boxes ha kind described, comprising a base support,

an. expansible box bracket thereon adapted to engage the inside of the box cover, and a concealed thumb-piece adapted for 0peration tocontract the bracket for removing and replacing the boX thereon.

3. A safety match box holder as described,

comprising arbase andr an expansible bracket JOHN GOOD.

-Witnesses G. A. TAYLOR, N. L. GRANT.

obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Eatentsi Washington, b. 

